Allow me to go “HA HA”. What the FUCK was Florentino thinking when he hired sad sack Rafa to manage one of the best teams in the world? Rafa is a broken coach; his next job will be in Sweden or Slovakia. Zidane, hopefully, will follow in the steps of Pep and Luis Enrique: excellent players who morphed into excellent coaches.

Nerdy, love the tweets. The first one occurred to me awhile ago, how the ACA was an economic stimulus in so many ways: putting more spendable $$ in people’s pockets, stimulating hiring and business in the medical and other industries, etc.

But my fave of all these tweets is the series by D-Money McSmoothie (how great is that name? 🙂 ) !! The Hammonds, Bundys, and their like are absolutely looters, and on a way bigger scale than some random guy grabbing a TV.

UH-OH…WHAT’S THE WEATHER THERE? DOESN’T SEEM LIKE GOLFING WEATHER TO ME. HE PROBABLY NEEDS A BREAK FROM ALL OF THAT WORK ON HIS SOTU…I DOUBT I WILL WATCH THAT…I’M NOT GOOD AT LAST CALLS AND GOODBYES…I’M NOT EVEN HAVING A FUNERAL…LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

Global, I think you’re absolutely right. Because the NRA and its bought and paid for legislators were so uncompromising and so far out in their demands, they inadvertently went to far with ordinary Americans. I’m feeling a sea change in the air as prominent Dems come out in support of sensible gun legislation without the mealy-mouthed words that used to indicate their fear of offending the NRA. Hoping the day will come when getting an A from the NRA will be a mark of shame for a legislator, not an honor. PBO, in his greatness, changed the course of the conversation about guns. He gave us the courage to speak up.

This is such a powerful presentation. It showed up on the FB posts of two of my friends today, one a very blue Obama Dem (a highly educated older white woman), and one very gun-friendly and anti-politics (a barely educated young Hawaiian mother of 5).

Aloha Todville ❤
Thanks zizi and nerdy for your posts–any time I get off track, I can count on the good folks here to remind me that we're on the path with PBO, and that is always good!

Did you all see this new essay in Politico? I know they're often off base, but this piece, about the amazing artworks inspired by and depicting President Obama, references the art created in response to the dramatic impact of his leadership–wonderful to see!

Standing in the kitchen …. multiple gun shots in front of our home …. significant portion of the Seattle police dept in the neighborhood … at least 1 gun shot victim being transported …. have no idea what precipitated the situation ….

Whomever the cops shot has been transported to Harbor View …. no further danger …. have no idea what precipitated the event … evidently all kinds of reporters are on their way and someone on twitter claims to have a video of what happened … we’ll see … we’re safe …. thank you for your concern ….

Nerdy, I can’t tell you how happy your tweet summary made me after an exhausting day of cleaning closets. And Zizi, if you’re around somewhere–thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your post gave me such hope for the future. I think you nailed what the President is planning. Among many things, he will move heaven and earth to ensure he has a Democratic successor and that the forward course he has set for this country continues.

This is getting beyond ridiculous. I can understand the caution not to start a shootout with these wackaloons. But allowing these nutz to come and go as they please? Allowing more nutz to join them? What are the feds, jd and the admin thinking?

Prof Tribe taught the current SCOTUS’ Chief Justice, Mr. Roberts. He also taught Pres Obama. And Rafael Edwardo Cruz as well. Mr. Tribe said that Pres Obama and Roberts were better students.
He is praised for his Mind and his intellectual abilities as they pertain to the US Constitution.

I agree, Bill. Not only they didn’t have the intel on these thugs (with a previous history) occupying the fed lands, now they are doing jacksquat from these thugs recruiting more thugs. comey seems to be one of PBO’s rare slipups.

don’t know if any of this is true but I am reading that another group of heavily armed individuals has shown up at the wildlife refuge and ordered the bundy’s to go home – delivered a document & surrounded them;

if these groups confront each other and there is a shoot out, then expect the “small government” “freedom from tyranny” groups to blame PBO and the government;